I actually would like to play my own games on a controller/ouya, but just a few questions...I use LibGDX (wow, rare), so is it easy to port my games to ouya? I haven't seen a gamename-ouya project that has been generated by libgdx setup, yet...

Also, isn't it a bit of a money-waste? If I want to play my game with a controller I can also take my controller(s) with usb-cable for PC, right?

Ouya is an Android console. If you use LibGDX, you can build an android game. Throw in the Ouya ODK, and it'll run on the Ouya just fine.

I'm not sure why you're asking if it is a money waste... It's like you're saying you don't want it. If you don't, then yes it's a waste. If you would like it, then no, it's not a waste.

My experience with my Ouya is mixed. It is pretty neat, and uploading games to it is relatively easy after the initial setup. The earlier controllers were finicky, but I've read that they've been since improved.

OUYA controllers seem much better now. I really like the one I have and as Troncoso said, it's really easy to get your android game on there - getting it certified is a bit more tricky since theres some general rules to follow but even that only took a week.

I have a decent amount of enjoyment out of it. and the ouya controller works fine for me, not sure which generation I got?

I always show people the same game as their 'first ouya' experience. and that is "No Brakes Valet" (2 player versus only)(if you have 2 controllers that is!) its free and fun with 2 people, its silly Then some ice/air hockey type game sometimes. Everyone always walks away saying how much they enjoyed it and how cool it is.

There are some games on there that don't lead to first great experiences.

While I have nothing in the ouya store, I wish deploying to all consoles was as easy to the ouya, at least for 'testing out' development and java support!

I always show people the same game as their 'first ouya' experience. and that is "No Brakes Valet" (2 player versus only)(if you have 2 controllers that is!) its free and fun with 2 people, its silly Then some ice/air hockey type game sometimes. Everyone always walks away saying how much they enjoyed it and how cool it is.

There are some games on there that don't lead to first great experiences.

Exact, so the console is okay, only the games are not that 'well'? Now, thats no problem for me, because I want to play my own games, and good games will come at OUYA too as (indie) developers are going to port their games to it (and that can be bad, but there are also (lots of) good indies)...

I think the console is great personally. I haven't played on it a bit now and never fully explored all of the games. There is always a way to set it up for it to behave like a nes/snes/etc... emulator/rom which is quite excellent too.

I think the bad reviews of it, are of people who picked poor first choices for games.

Was thinking of getting an Ouya, however with the varaity of Android devices (tablets/phones) out there today you could probably use one you already own. I decided to connect up a phone, Galaxy S4, with two bluetooth gamepads and a hdmi out adapter (doubles up as a charger while outputing). Seems to work great as a console for playing classic games on a TV especially with the varaity of emulators out there plus has better spec than the Ouya.

Thanks for that idea, though I dont own a Galaxy S4 but an old HTC (3 years almost) (still working heheh, not planning to buy a 600 euro phone) and I think an ouya is something else than mobile gaming? But yeah, Im also not sure if I want to buy an ouya, I can also connect my controller with usb-port to pc, but yeah thats something else..

Ouya's are not too expensive, so maybe I have one here next week. However, I am not a millionaire, so I cant throw money away

I don't have a creditcard so I first need to know if it is possible to use the ouya without a creditcard??? I saw at the internet from not? But I saw on the ouya website that paypal was supported? I only have PayPal :S

I (still) want the Ouya, I cant compare it with PS4 because an Ouya is waaay cheaper, PS4 400 - 40 euro for controller = 360 Ouya 80 - 40 euro for controller = 40 euro Maybe not that good calculation, however...

Ouya hardware isn't impressive and the controller and software are not well designed. No pause button? No way to detect if a controller has disconnected? When reconnecting a controller it might come back as a different player? Wut?

I only looked at a dev unit. The pause button fiasco and poor quality of the initial SDK (and I'm skeptical about the current SDK even having never looked at it) made for a poor first impression. These are just the basics. They have the funding, they just aren't good at what they do.

Thanks for this useful information, but is it possible to use the ouya with paypal/no cc or not? Also, maybe a little out of scope, I am trying to get 2 OrthographicCamera's in my libgdx application, but no matter what size/ortho I give the camera's they still use the whole screen, how can I fix this?

Is the Ouya account that you make on ouya.tv the same as the account you use with the ouya itself???

Yes, but to link that account to the Ouya (and you can't use it until you do) you need to enter credit/debit card details OR a "redeemable code", which I assume means something like this. But I'm not 100% sure of that, and it may vary from country to country, so don't take my word for it.

For what it's worth, my experience of the 'consumer' hardware (I've not seen the earlier 'developer' version) is that it works just fine, although the controller feels a little cheap.

The front-end software though seems alarmingly amateurish - the storefront in particular seems like it was written by someone who has never seen an App store before (and bear in mind that I got my Ouya after the big update that apparently fixed most of the problems). Of course, future updates may fix all that, and hopefully the quality of available games will improve over time as well.

So overall I'm not sure I can recommend getting one, at least not just yet.

That all said, the one thing I really like about the Ouya is that it makes me feel like I've been transported back to the mid-eighties, with a ZX Spectrum plugged into the TV, and a big stack of borrowed cassettes to work through.

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